During prayer time at our church one morning, our pastor had us hold hands with those beside us.  Cole, my very energetic two-year-old son, was quietly playing with his toy construction vehicle when I reached out my hand to hold his.  He held my hand for a second, but shortly after went back to running his toy up and down the pew.  A short while later the toy was in my waiting hand, broken into two pieces but fixable.  I put it back together for him and continued to hold out my hand.  He took the toy, then grasped my hand for a while.

During all of this, I started thinking how God always keeps a hand out waiting for us, even when we’re happily going on with our life ignoring God or not putting God first.  Despite this, when we go to God with our life that has broken into pieces, God puts us back together.  We then have a choice to thank God and to take hold of our Creator’s hand, or to go back to ignoring God.  Either way, God waits for us.  Praise be to God for God’s ever-beckoning hand and unconditional love.

Prayer: Dear God, forgive us for the times we ignore you.  Thank you for always being there to put us back together and to provide true contentment and meaning for our lives. Amen.